Chapter one: A Friendly visit for siblings.
"Rowen!!!" Sage yelled up the stairs but got no answer. "Kento, you seen Rowen around?"
"HM METT MO-Ah!" He swallowed his mouthful of popcorn. "He went to town to pick up something...."
"Oh..." Sage put his hands in his pockets, wondering what it was his friend had gone to pick up.
"Hey, Kento, have you been using my razor??" Ryo called from the secondfloor of Koji manor when he stood on the star case, shirtless with a towel over his neck.
"Well, um!!!" Kento laughed nervously, but luckily the door bell rang and he bolted up from the couch. "I got it!!!!" He swung open the door and blinked at what he saw. A young girl wearing a pair of slick black pants and a form fitting shirt the same color as her eyes. A rich ice blue that could freeze you in your shoes. "Hell...o..." Kento stood dumb founded for a moment. Cye shook his head and pushed him aside carefully.
"Can we help you miss?" He smiled warmly.
"I'm looking for Rowen Hashiba. Does he live here?" She asked in a small British accent, much like Cye's own.
"Yes, he does, but he went into town for alittle while. You can stay here and wait for him if you like."
"I'd appreciate that..." She smiled and walked in when he held the door open for her. He lead her to the living room where Kento eyed her while she sat down cross legged on the couch.
"So, what's your name?" Kento asked. How did Rowen manage to charm this girl, he wondered. She seemed way to...safisticated to be dating Rowen.
"I'm Yukari Ha-" She started but a door upstairs slammed and the ex-warlord of Illusion walked down stairs.
"What's with you, Dais?" Kento raised a brow.
"None of your...business..." Dais' sneer cut off as he looked at the girl on the couch with a weary eye. "Who the devil is she?"
"I'm-"
"Damn that girl, I told her I'd pick her up at the airport!" Rowen of Strata slammed the front door as he walked in. Yukari stood and smiled at the boy. He stopped dead in his tracks, blinking. "Yu...kari?"
"Rowen!" She ran to his side and hugged him. "I missed you so much, Rowen!"
He hugged her back. "I missed you two..." He smiled. "I thought I told you I'd pick you up at the ariport though???"
"I must not have gotten the email..." She smiled, shaking her head.
"Hey, Rowen, you going to introduce your girlfriend or what?" Sage smirked from the kitchen door.
"Girlfriend!?" The two stepped apart quite quickly, disgust on their faces as they talked in unison. "He's my brother!" "She's my sister!"
Dais, Kento, Cye and SAge all looked at each other. "Sister??" Kento laughed. "We thought she was..." His laugh turned nervous.
"Guys, this is Yukari. She's my little sister. Yukari, this is Dais. Kento. Sage. And that's Cye..."
Yukari nodded a hello to each of them.
"I didn't even know you had a sister, Strata..." Dais smirked, eyeing the girl. She was rather pretty he had to admit that.
"Half sister..." Yukari said, looking at the ground, Rowen would have seen her expression had he not been glaring at Dais, putting a finger to his own lips to tell him to not talk about the past few months.
"How long are you going to be staying with us?" Cye asked, breaking the silence.
"Two weeks. I'm on vacation from boarding school back in England." She smiled. Maybe less, she thought to herself. All these guys around made her feel terribly uncomfortable.
"Kento, give her a hand with her bags would you. You can stay in the guest room, Kento will show you up to it." Rowen smiled and she nodded, grabbing her backpack as Kento grabbed her suit case, more than happy to help.
Rowen stayed behind, for a moment. "Look, please don't bring up anything about the armors while she's here, okay? I really don't want her getting involved in any of this."
Dais nodded his approval. "I'll tell the other to hold their tongues around her as well, Rowen..."
Rowen nodded his thanks. "One other thing...If any of you guys touch her, I'll kill you..."
"Protective aren't older brother aren't you?" Sage smirked, knowing he'd say the same if it was him in Rowen's shoes. "Don't worry..."
Rowen nodded again and went upstairs to see that she was settled and to tell Kento the same.
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"Rowen!!!" Sage yelled up the stairs but got no answer. "Kento, you seen Rowen around?"
"HM METT MO-Ah!" He swallowed his mouthful of popcorn. "He went to town to pick up something...."
"Oh..." Sage put his hands in his pockets, wondering what it was his friend had gone to pick up.
"Hey, Kento, have you been using my razor??" Ryo called from the secondfloor of Koji manor when he stood on the star case, shirtless with a towel over his neck.
"Well, um!!!" Kento laughed nervously, but luckily the door bell rang and he bolted up from the couch. "I got it!!!!" He swung open the door and blinked at what he saw. A young girl wearing a pair of slick black pants and a form fitting shirt the same color as her eyes. A rich ice blue that could freeze you in your shoes. "Hell...o..." Kento stood dumb founded for a moment. Cye shook his head and pushed him aside carefully.
"Can we help you miss?" He smiled warmly.
"I'm looking for Rowen Hashiba. Does he live here?" She asked in a small British accent, much like Cye's own.
"Yes, he does, but he went into town for alittle while. You can stay here and wait for him if you like."
"I'd appreciate that..." She smiled and walked in when he held the door open for her. He lead her to the living room where Kento eyed her while she sat down cross legged on the couch.
"So, what's your name?" Kento asked. How did Rowen manage to charm this girl, he wondered. She seemed way to...safisticated to be dating Rowen.
"I'm Yukari Ha-" She started but a door upstairs slammed and the ex-warlord of Illusion walked down stairs.
"What's with you, Dais?" Kento raised a brow.
"None of your...business..." Dais' sneer cut off as he looked at the girl on the couch with a weary eye. "Who the devil is she?"
"I'm-"
"Damn that girl, I told her I'd pick her up at the airport!" Rowen of Strata slammed the front door as he walked in. Yukari stood and smiled at the boy. He stopped dead in his tracks, blinking. "Yu...kari?"
"Rowen!" She ran to his side and hugged him. "I missed you so much, Rowen!"
He hugged her back. "I missed you two..." He smiled. "I thought I told you I'd pick you up at the ariport though???"
"I must not have gotten the email..." She smiled, shaking her head.
"Hey, Rowen, you going to introduce your girlfriend or what?" Sage smirked from the kitchen door.
"Girlfriend!?" The two stepped apart quite quickly, disgust on their faces as they talked in unison. "He's my brother!" "She's my sister!"
Dais, Kento, Cye and SAge all looked at each other. "Sister??" Kento laughed. "We thought she was..." His laugh turned nervous.
"Guys, this is Yukari. She's my little sister. Yukari, this is Dais. Kento. Sage. And that's Cye..."
Yukari nodded a hello to each of them.
"I didn't even know you had a sister, Strata..." Dais smirked, eyeing the girl. She was rather pretty he had to admit that.
"Half sister..." Yukari said, looking at the ground, Rowen would have seen her expression had he not been glaring at Dais, putting a finger to his own lips to tell him to not talk about the past few months.
"How long are you going to be staying with us?" Cye asked, breaking the silence.
"Two weeks. I'm on vacation from boarding school back in England." She smiled. Maybe less, she thought to herself. All these guys around made her feel terribly uncomfortable.
"Kento, give her a hand with her bags would you. You can stay in the guest room, Kento will show you up to it." Rowen smiled and she nodded, grabbing her backpack as Kento grabbed her suit case, more than happy to help.
Rowen stayed behind, for a moment. "Look, please don't bring up anything about the armors while she's here, okay? I really don't want her getting involved in any of this."
Dais nodded his approval. "I'll tell the other to hold their tongues around her as well, Rowen..."
Rowen nodded his thanks. "One other thing...If any of you guys touch her, I'll kill you..."
"Protective aren't older brother aren't you?" Sage smirked, knowing he'd say the same if it was him in Rowen's shoes. "Don't worry..."
Rowen nodded again and went upstairs to see that she was settled and to tell Kento the same.
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